The National Commission for Women on Thursday, expressing serious concern over an alleged rape of a woman by 17 men in Jharkhand’s Dumka district, sent a letter to the state police and asked it to complete its probe within two months.
According to a police official, the survivor in her complaint said that she was raped while her husband was held hostage by 17 men, when they were returning home on Tuesday night.
The matter came to fore on Wednesday after the victim lodged a complaint in Mufassil police station in Dumka, a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)’s stronghold.
According to Dumka SP Ambar Lakra, a person named Mangal Mohli has been arrested in the case.